Doctor Mate: Connor & Shaun (Jameson Pack Book 1) by K.A. Bauer

Author:K.A. Bauer [Bauer, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: K.A. Bauer
Published: 2024-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

CONNOR

I’m in a weird empty space that I’ve never seen before and the woman in front of me reminds me so much of Ethan that I can’t hold back the tears. How did I never make the connection before now? I knew in my head that his mother was named Elizabeth, but I never connected her with the teenager that used to babysit me and Ric when we were really young.

Maybe I didn’t want to because that meant remembering that she took the beatings my grandfather wanted to put on me for not being enough of a man for him… at four years old.

“Sweet boy,” she says to me, grabbing my chin and forcing me to look down into her face directly. “You turned into exactly the man you are supposed to be in spite of the nasty piece of work that my stepfather raised your mother to be.”

Falling to my knees, I continue to look up at the woman who planted the seed of love and laughter in my heart at such a young age. If it hadn’t been for her and Annabelle, I wouldn’t know what love actually looks like. I’m back to being that little boy who only wants to be held and loved, before I had all of the responsibility thrust onto my shoulders…

I feel her arms around me, just as strong as they were when I was a child, filled with so much love.

“My son was lucky to have you as a brother, and you did beautifully, sweet boy,” she whispers to me, stroking my back and soothing me through my sobbing. “He has others to protect him now. It’s long past time for you to be the one who gets held, nurtured, and protected.”

I pull away from her to see the sadness in her eyes.

“You were never meant to shoulder such a heavy burden, Connor. Let yourself be loved. Give up the control you don’t want to wield anymore. It’s time.”

As I’m shaking my head, I feel her push me away. I don’t want to leave her. She is the only light left in my life… if I’m even alive anymore…

You will be, sweet boy. Have faith in your love.

Next thing I know, I’m in my old suite inside the Alpha house, chained to the bed. Or rather, my body is. I’m still stuck outside of it. I go off in search of something or someone who can help and find my baby brother beating himself up over my situation.

Quit saying it’s your fucking fault! It’s my own damn fault… I tell him. I don’t know why I believed her when she said she wanted to help me be happy.

I can tell I’ve lost his focus when the emotions showing on his face flutter from happy to sad to angry to… constipated?

Focus, little brother. I’m going to need you to grab the memory from me to show you what happened. I don’t think I can say it and still manage to hold our connection.

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